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authorDaniel Fleischer <danflscr@gmail.com>2021-12-01 19:15:27 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>2021-12-06 14:59:35 +0100
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Add package management to tutorial and startup screen
* etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Add section about package installation. * lisp/startup.el (fancy-startup-tail): Add button for package-list-packages. This was discussed in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2021-12/msg00079.html
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@@ -1099,6 +1099,20 @@ manual in the node called "Dired".
The manual also describes many other Emacs features.
+* INSTALLING PACKAGES
+---------------------
+
+Emacs has a rich set of packages written by the community, which
+extends Emacs' capabilities. These features include support for new
+languages, additional themes, plugins for integrating with external
+applications and much much more.
+
+To see a list of all available packages, type M-x list-packages. In
+this mode, you can install or uninstall packages, as well as read
+packages' descriptions. For more information about package
+management, consult the manual.
+
+
* CONCLUSION
------------